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Loved the big focus on Bill McKibben and the 350.org international day of action calling for climate protection ("None Like It Hot," Oct 21.)! I also appreciated the listing of the events that took place on Saturday, Oct. 24. I only take exception to the report about the Oct. 2 event at Sonoma Country Day School, emphasizing gray hair three times. It was subsequently mentioned that only a "handful of students in the top tier" applauded. In fact, climate protection is a multi-age, multicultural concern, and that was well illustrated by the attendance in the crowd, and also at the 40 booths representing environmental groups, outside in the lobby. For example, the opening film was entirely focused on students, many of whom were in the audience on Oct. 2. The Academia Quinto Sol (green jobs training program), featured at one of the booths, displayed pictures of youth at risk who are being counseled about their culture, their worth to their community and their future. I rub shoulders with the next generation of
activists consistently, as we work together to build movements for sustainability, peace and justice.
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Reality check: President Obama recently flew 6,000 miles round trip to San Francisco and back on Air Force One, a big Boeing 747, to help raise money for a political campaign. If the president was really concerned about global warming, why didn't he do the video-conferencing thing? I suppose if anyone could ever get close enough to the president to ask him about that, he would make some comment about pollution credits. Unfortunately, pollution credits do absolutely nothing about the CO2 that is going into the atmosphere right now. The pollution credit philosophy is all about building "environmentally friendly" power plants at some future point in time. President Obama campaigned on a platform of hope and change. I was hoping that the president would help to change America's wasteful consumption habits. I still see lots of Obama
In your 2009 North Bay Music Awards (NORBAYs), you split the styles of jazz and blues and attached "R&B" to the blues category. I would like to bring to your attention that, as you have acknowledged in the past, R&B is really a category more aligned to soul and funk than the blues. Most, if not all, of your 2009 blues/R&Bnominated musicians are blues musicians who would not describe themselves as R&B players. For your 2010 NORBAY awards, would you please consider adding an R&B/soul/funk music classification, as you have done in the past? You will open up the NORBAYs to the many musicians and fans who regularly support R&B/soul/ funk bands.
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Dr. Michael Domeier (arms raised, center) and his team boat a great white shark near the Guadalupe Islands in this undated photo. The animal, a female, was tagged and released.
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ishing for great white sharks in California waters ended 15 years ago when legislation gave the fish full protection from pursuit, harassment and harm. This week, however, a Southern California marine research group is putting baited shark hooks in the waters near the Farallon Islands, spurring concern from others in the research and ecotourism communities that the procedure--which involves bringing the big fish aboard a vessel--could cause injury or death to the protected animals. The Marine Conservation Science Institute from San Diego County, headed by veteran shark researcher Dr. Michael Domeier, submitted a permit application early this year to the California Department of Fish and Game and to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeking permission to catch, boat, tag and release as many as 10 great white sharks within the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary while a film crew documents the project. The state and federal permits were both granted, and, weather permitting, Domeier will be fishing between Monday and Friday of this week, according to Maria Brown, superintendent of the sanctuary. Brown says that multiple marine biologists were consulted to determine whether allowing the sharks to be hooked, boated and tagged--a procedure that Domeier has conducted on 11 white sharks at the Guadalupe Islands off the Baja California coast--could threaten the safety of the fish. "Everyone we consulted has been very positive about Domeier's research," Brown states. But Dr. Pete Klimley says he was among those consulted and that he firmly warned NOAA officials against granting the permit. Klimley, a professor of marine sciences at UC Davis, has conducted tagging projects on sharks for 25 years using hand-held lances to set the tags. "I voiced serious concern about this issue when they came to me. You're taking an animal that's two tons and which needs the water to support its weight, and suddenly removing it from its environment." Klimley speculates that internal organs could rupture, causing death days later, and that unborn pups inside a pregnant female could be squashed. Intentional capture of white sharks in California became illegal in 1994, and new regulations passed in March grant them additional protection in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. One of the new laws prohibits
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Domeier, who returned no phone calls or emails from the Bohemian, aims to fit captured sharks with advanced SPOT (smart position or temperature transmitting) devices. To install these, which communicate with satellites only when the sharks break the surface, researchers must drill a small hole in a shark's dorsal fin and bolt the tag in place. The operation requires hauling the animal onboard for as long as 20 minutes. Cameras, which sources say will be filming for National Geographic, will be rolling. Brown of the NOAA says that SPOT tags last longer than many existing transmitter types and, fitted to the dorsal fins of white sharks, could help to solve the unknowns about their migration patterns, such as whether the fish return to the Farallones on a strict annual or a biannual schedule. But Dr. Ken Goldman, now with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game but who tagged and studied white sharks in California extensively in the 1990s, wonders how significantly Domeier's SPOT tag project will contribute to the existing pool of knowledge of great white behavior, and he wonders if it's worth the risk. Goldman has seen large great whites die of stress-related causes days after capture and release by sport fishermen. "With great whites, it'll take a long time to pull them in and handle them, and there'll be a major stress factor on the fish," Goldman says. "I'm concerned that the sharks will be stressed, lose their capacity to maintain their core body temperature and die." Superfish skipper Menigoz sits on the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary's advisory council along with 12 other individuals. The council's job, according to the sanctuary's website, is to provide "the Sanctuary manager with advice on the management of the Sanctuary." But Menigoz says he was never consulted for his opinion on Domeier's SPOT tagging project. "I'm very surprised I wasn't contacted. At least a courtesy notice would have been nice, but it's been top secret. Now everyone's saying, `How can this be happening in a sanctuary?' Well, believe it--it's happening."
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wenty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1989, the day after the Berlin Wall fell, I saw unbridled joy in the smile of a young East Berliner. The event was incredible to him, and to me as a West Berliner, too. The two of us babbled over beers, searching for words big enough for our feelings. We found none, so we beamed instead. What made us, and everyone around us, so giddy was that the future didn't simply contain the possibility of being different and better, but the certainty of being so. How it would be different was unclear and entirely secondary. It was our moment in history. The previous night, Nov. 9, I had been driving my rusted VW Rabbit through a flurry of fat snowflakes when the news of the Wall's demise came over the radio. Momentous events have a way of imprinting themselves by minutiae and for this, it was the squeak of my windshield wipers as I listened in disbelief to the fever-pitched words of the announcer. It seemed phenomenally crazy that the Wall would fall without a drop of blood or a fullfledged nuclear war. Neither the shift in the Eastern bloc that began with Gorbachev-- not with Reagan's 1987 photo-op speech at the Brandenburg Gate or the October demonstrations in East German cities--nor the exodus of thousands by train through Hungary into Austria, nor the refugees inside the West German embassy compound in Prague nor other unequivocal signs that socialist East Germany had died--none of it had been able to topple the brutally unnatural border in our minds. History is made in an instant, but ideology is not that adaptable. This I learned in conversations with East Berliners during the weeks to come. After 40 years of division and 28 years of the Wall, we sought each other's company, brimming with curiosity and patience. Amazing to me, the East Germans voiced doubts about the new, "free" order of things, such as: What exactly was competition? What was so great about ambition? My optimism reached its limit in the ensuing debate. I smiled a lot in my sales pitch of democracy and found the unimpressed faces unnerving. Belief systems, mine as much as theirs, would have to be taken down one miserable brick at a time and not overnight like the cement barrier and the state with it. And then the view changes. The first time I walked right past the deserted gray booths at the former border crossing into the countryside of Brandenburg, a landscape I had been able to see but not touch from car or train windows traveling on transit routes to West Germany, I could barely control my impulse to run. For so long, I had wanted to move freely inside this foreign state but couldn't. Despite all the personal freedom the encircled, amputated island of West Berlin provided, I would've inevitably run into a wall or a border. In November 1989, I walked across barren, formerly stateowned fields, and that moment of openness and discovery was precious. Twenty years later, those same fields are now fenced, owned by corporations. While much of the East German population scrambled to learn the new rules of democracy and a free market, corporations and franchises seamlessly moved in. I questioned my enthusiasm: What percent of my eternal optimism was indoctrination of the Western kind? East Germans had lived from the cradle to the grave shackled to a state that ruled by the sheer intimation that it could, and yet many I talked to grieved the loss of the socialist ideal, mourned the fact that no one in this free society told them what to do and that no one took care of them. It sounded absurd to me at the time, but it does less so now. These same questions, now being raised in earnest in the Land of the Free, are less an indication that the dreaded socialism is coming (anyone who thinks it is doesn't know what socialism is or was), but that the status quo of capitalism isn't really working anymore. What good is "freedom" if you have to work several jobs just to stay alive, and no matter how much you work, you never win? As we commemorate the fall of one wall, we'd do well to consider the ones we have built and are reinforcing. Dividing lines claim more than mere property, for all too quickly they become symbols of self-righteous belief.
Birgit Nielsen is a freelance writer and translator who lives in Guerneville. Open Mic is a weekly feature in the Bohemian. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 700 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com.
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Miguel Hilario seeks Peru's hot seat for a cooler climate
By Juliane Poirier
his really does impact our lives, whether we know it or not: a guy named Miguel Hilario wants to be the first tribal Amazonian president of Peru. And he plans to get there via Sebastopol, on a very green ticket with a very clever plan. Like Obama, Hilario is an unlikely candidate who appears to understand the power of grassroots organizing. In a phone interview, I asked him why North Bay people should care about his campaign. "Why would Americans--," he began, then stopped and corrected his terminology. "Why would world citizens care about the first indigenous Amazonian Indian running for the presidency of Peru? Our major platform is the preservation of the rainforest as a way of combating global warming." Brilliant strategy, I thought. If he appeals to our world citizenship, we damn well have to care. Especially since Peru is one of the largest holders of biodiversity in the world. "Sixty percent of Peru is rainforest," explains Hilario, who was born and raised in the Amazon. At ago 20, he was sponsored by Pat Parks of Sebastopol to come live in the United States, where he studied at Sonoma State University, earning an Oxford scholarship to study politics, and then a scholarship to Stanford where he earned a master's and a Ph.D. (Peru's current president is also a Stanford graduate.) Hilario, who lived in the Bay Area for 16 years while remaining actively involved in his own country, claims that past presidents of Peru have approved the clearing of rainforest to plant foods and corn for biofuels. "They are destroying the forest to fuel the cars of Europeans and Americans," Hillario says. "We want to preserve the Amazon rainforest as a way of combating both global warming and poverty." Hilario plans to make Peru the capital of eco-tourism, allowing controlled development of eco-lodges and the employment of eco-tour guides. Hilario claims that his newly formed pluralist party, Movimiento Pluralista del Peru, is the first political party in that country to promote sustainable development and the implementation of human rights with environmental rights. "I believe that there has to be development, but with humanitarian values," he says. "Not profits only, but improvement of the human condition." Apparently, a climate-harming Bush legacy dogs all of South America. "Three years ago," Hilario says, "the Brazilian president and Bush made a pact that Latin America would go into the business of creating biofuels to export to the U.S. so that North Americans could be less dependent on petroleum. Within that framework, there is a trend to plant corn and soybeans and sugar cane so we can convert these to biofuel and export them to the U.S. And then Peru signed a free-trade agreement with the U.S. two years ago. The Peruvian government has been giving way to international businesses to plant and grow these biofuels." Rainforest being replaced by Frankencrops is not only an ugly image but a climate-heating mistake in the making. "Currently Peru has 1.2 million tourists per year," Hilario explains. "We see increasing that to 5 million per year within five years. That inf lux will create jobs, from taxi drivers in Lima to eco-lodges in the Amazon. In our model, everybody wins. Private investors who develop hotels win, tourists connecting with nature win, dwellers in the Amazon win a better quality of life, and the world will win because we're combating global warming. "The Bay Area is full of very progressiveminded people," he continues. "I want them to join me in this process to fight for the Amazon through political and intellectual process. It is not just an election in Peru. It is part of world citizenship to preserve the rainforest, part of serving humanity." There it is again, that "world citizen" term. Hilario plans to have a campaign office in Sonoma County and to recruit volunteers to work both here and in Peru. "We are asking volunteers for fundraising so we are not coopted by corporations," Hilario explains.
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Josh Silvers and Jeff Mall team up to offer two sides of wine country cooking
By Gretchen Giles
ometimes the timing is just right. Take 1959, for example, the year that Rodney Strong Vineyards was established. Or 1989, the year that Tom Klein's family took the winery over. Then there's 1999, the year that chef Josh Silvers and his wife, Regina, opened Syrah restaurant in Santa Rosa. Three months later, chef Jeff Mall and his partner Scott Silva opened Zin restaurant in Healdsburg. All players celebrate significant anniversaries this year, Rodney Strong justifiably proud of 50 years of business, the Kleins proud of 20 years of stewardship of their iconic label, and Zin and Syrah making their restaurateurs proud to have endured for a decade. Why not celebrate the old-fashioned way, by cooking and eating and drinking and-- absolutely--teaming up on a cookbook? Which is exactly what Mall and Silvers have done with Down Home : Downtown Seasonal Recipes from Two Sonoma Wine Country Restaurants (Rodney Strong Vineyards; $24.95), a book that pairs Mall's informal Southern and Southwestern boots-on style with Silvers' French- and Italian-inspired wine country cuisine. The two restaurants reflect the two styles, Zin eschewing table cloths and fuss for straightforward goodness, in most cases harvested directly from the Eastside Farm he and his wife, Susan, maintain; to Silver's white tablecloths and elaborate tasting menus, the ingredients sourced from the best local providers. The two chefs often collaborate for charity events, and it was at just such a dinner, hosted by Rodney Strong, that Klein suggested the two create an Iron Chef�style partnership. Take the same main ingredient, whether it be a chicken or a cheesecake, and deliver it in each man's inimitable manner. Down Home : Downtown is the result of that pairing, and it is one of those cookbooks just as enjoyable to read as it is to open on the kitchen counter and use. Lusciously photographed by Alan Campbell and written by former San Francisco Chronicle wine editor Linda Murphy, Down Home : Downtown features recipes that a midlevel home chef can tackle and possibly even wrestle directly to the plate. What's more, it's fun to see how two different minds take the same essential ingredients and create wholly disparate end results. Mall is informally hailed as the local king of heirloom tomatoes, and wife Susan raises some 40 different varieties of chickens. The Malls give tomato starts away at the beginning of each summer, Jeff cures his own bacon and makes his own sausage. Theirs is a haute back-to-theland cuisine, hand-made and hand-raised and thoroughly delightful to them as an occupation. Silver and Regina are urbanites, devoted to the pleasures of the stove and the table, their young son Jackson and the new restaurant they are preparing to launch in his name. Where Mall uses grits, Silver uses mascarponeinfused polenta. Where Mall does rice pilaf, Silver does risotto. Where Silver serves fresh wild salmon, Mall does too; he just wraps his in bacon, a recurring ingredient and a personal obsession. Crab will be coming into season soon and the chefs' recipes for the best use of local crab is a sterling example of the sameness and differences provided.
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Jeff Mall's Dungeness Crab Stuffed Avocados with Mango & Red Chile Dressing Red Chile Dressing 1/2 c. mayonnaise 1/4 c. Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli Sauce grated zest and juice of 2 limes 1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce 1 tblsp. minced fresh chives kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Crab Salad 2 ripe avocados, halved lengthwise and pitted 1 ripe mango, peeled and cut from the pit 8 ounces fresh lump Dungeness crabmeat, picked over for shell 2 tblsp. minced fresh chives kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste For the red chile dressing: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chilli sauce, lime zest and juice, Tabasco sauce, and chives. Stir to blend. Season with salt and pepper. For the crab salad: Scoop the flesh from each avocado half, reserving the skin. Cut the avocado flesh and the mango flesh into 1/4 inch dice. In a medium bowl, combine the crab, mango and chives. Add all but about 1/4 cup dressing and mix gently to coat. Gently fold in the diced avocado. Place 1 avocado skin on each of 4 plates, spoon crab salad into each half (you may have extra), and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Makes 4 first-course servings Josh Silver's Crab Cakes with Sherry Mayonnaise Sherry Mayonnaise 3/4 c. mayonnaise, preferably Best Foods 2 tsp. sherry vinegar 1/2 tsp. sweet Hungarian paprika pinch of cayenne pepper Crab Cakes 12 oz. fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for shells 1/2 c. mayonnaise, preferably Best Foods 3 tbsp. finely chopped red bell pepper 3 tbsp. finely chopped celery 2 tbsp. finely chopped red onion 1 tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley For the mayonnaise: In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients and stir to blend. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. For the crab cakes: In a medium bowl, combine the crabmeat, mayonnaise, bell pepper, celery, onion, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper; mix well. Add the panko gradually, a few tablespoons at a time, until the consistency is dry and slightly tacky to the touch. Form into 8 cakes about 2 1/2 inches wide and coat with more panko. In a large skillet, heat 1/4 inch oil over high heat until it shimmers. Add the crab cakes, working in batches if necessary to avoid crowding pan. Cook until nicely browned, about 3 minutes on each side. Using a slotted metal spatula, transfer to paper towels to drain briefly. Place 2 crab cakes on each of 4 salad plates, and serve with the sherry mayonnaise on the side. Makes 4 first-course servings
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uick, what was California's second most popular tourist destination in the 1950s, rivaled only by Disneyland? Hint: The magic made there was explicitly forbidden by Uncle Walt. If you answered the Italian Swiss Colony at Asti, you must be of a certain age or one of the few visitors who have dropped in to the recently rechristened, time-capsule tasting room of Cellar No. 8.
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Founded in the 1880s, the ISC attracted Italian winemaking talent, garnered gold medals and became among the state's most important wineries. In the 1960s, it was familiar to television audiences in the person of "that little old winemaker," and in restaurants everywhere, straw-basket-wrapped flasks of "Tipo" were as essential as furniture. Old timers tell of a beloved haunt where corks popped, taps flowed and the party went into the night. And then the doors closed for 20 years. The winemaking style was out of fashion--the Asti facility pumped out sparkling wines, brandy, sweet and dry wines, grappa, and even "coffee wine"--but subsequent owners didn't bother remodeling the old tasting room, they just sealed it up. The happy result: Current owner Fosters Wine Estates reopened a virtually intact tasting room where visitors can walk the same wood floors under Italian-Swiss motif beams, up to the same curvy barrel-stave bar. A barrel head on the wall bears the inscription, "Wines mellowed in redwood," certainly an endorsement from another time, while photographs, souvenirs and a California Historical Landmark placard acknowledge the site. The displays were fun, the staff were great, and to behold and ponder the 19th-century marble carving of a gent in his dotage and his stocking cap, cradling what the caption says is his "last love"--a straw basket flask--is nearly worth the trip alone. So what's this Cellar No. 8? Fosters named it for the eighth cellar of the old buildings. Got it--I think. On to the wine. Cellar No. 8 is widely available in supermarkets at competitive prices--the 2008 California Pinot Noir is a solid sip for just $10--but Sonoma County wines are available only at the tasting room. No straw-covered flasks, to my moderate disappointment. The whites were aromatic representatives of their respective varietals, while the crisp and modern 2008 Sonoma County Ros� ($16) perked up my tongue; strawberry-raspberry fruit from the nose to the lips, finishing nice and dry. The 2006 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel ($20) is on the ripe, juicy side, with sweet blackberry scents trending to raisin; gobs of flavor on the woodsy, brambly palate finish clean and dry. The dark horse of the list, the opaquely purple 2006 Petite Sirah ($20), has deep plum fruit and flakey pastry aromas that lead to a surprisingly lively, bright mouthful. Perfetto! Or so says that little old winetaster, me. Cellar No. 8, 26150 Asti Post Office Road, Cloverdale. Open daily 10am�5pm. Tasting fee $5; 10 percent off bottle purchase. 866.557.4970.
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very year, we host a writing contest aptly named "Jive," in which we start a story and you finish it. After a heated discussion over who was the more important writer for 2009-- Walt Whitman or Dan Brown--we wearily relented to Brown's bestselling genius (or rather, his genius at bestselling). Plus, even we're not so hard-hearted that we could enjoy making fun of Whitman. (Plus-plus: poetry. ) Readers Danned their best Brown by finishing our riveting, sure-to-be a bestselling story based on a movie by Ron Howard in 500 words or less, and we thank them for it. We celebrate the five winning writers, everyone who entered the contest and Bohemian readers in general next Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6pm with an open reading of these witty treasures at our offices. This emphatically is a dessert-before-dinner dealie (I bake a cake), and is entirely cryptex-optional, but please RSVP at 707.527.1200. See you at 847 Fifth St., Santa Rosa. --Gretchen Giles
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Bob Lamedum stepped briskly out of the Louvre and glanced around. Located at 34 Rue du Louvre 75001 Paris, France, the building was impressive, even to a markology professor from a leading California State University. The April morning was fresh and inviting, but Bob was late for an appointment with his sometime mistress, the celebrated astrophysicist-cum-pole dancer Ang�le D�mon. From there, he planned to meet his mentor, the prominent Odd Fellow and secret tax-dodger Solomon Mines. His phone rang. "Darn thing," Bob thought. "How do I work this?" The phone was new, a gift from Ang�le, and Bob was still unused to its flip-top feature. "Hello?" "Bob!" Ang�le cried, for Ang�le it was. "Solomon has been brutally kidnapped! You must return to California to find him!" Twelve hours later, Bob was in Solomon's
Santa Rosa home. Looking around, he fondly saw that his friend's favorite touchstones were proudly displayed: a laminated parking ticket, a glass artichoke tumbling from a cornucopia, a sculpture of a sideways hand set nicely on the piano. But wait. Two items of the five were missing. Could they have anything to do with Solomon's brutal kidnapping? Bob leaned against a bookcase and felt it give, revealing . . . . . . what looked like a dark room with oddly shaped straps hanging from crisscross clotheslines. Against the walls stood glass-paneled closets, stacked with folded items in all colors of the rainbow. Bob, being a professor, knew immediately that he was in the presence of the world's largest treasure trove of classical chastity belts. There were, for instance, the rough-hewn 12th-century specimens worn by women whose husbands had left on crusades to Jerusalem; a pretty nothing for Catherine de Medici; a replica of the fancy Bellifortis model for Queen Elizabeth I; and an early Tollyboy design that had inspired Benjamin Franklin to invent the lightning rod.
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Across the room was a table loaded with books, scrolls, photographs, a pocket mirror and a purchase order from a vendor in Haifa, written in Aramaic. "Eureka," Bob said to himself in perfect Greek, "that's where Leonardo got his cockamamie idea of backwards writing, and the reading mirror is Sol's touchstone number four." Holding it slanted against the order slip, Bob read aloud, translating from the Aramaic: "Chastity belt, model Fortress, for Miss Mary of Magdala, to be delivered before Christmas, 32 A.D."
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"If that's so," Bob mumbled to himself. "What then, prof ?" continued albinoblonde Ang�le D�mon, suddenly behind him and pressing a gun into his lumbar region. "Then Mary Magdalene wasn't Jesus' wife, nor the mother of his daughter Sarah . . ." "Yep," said Ang�le, "the foundations of the da Vinci Code would collapse and the damn book would be a total fraud. That's why those religious junk publishers have bandied together, paying me to end this eff-ing research into reading mirrors and chastity belts." From her disdain of research, Bob realized that her doctorate in astrophysics was only a mail-order degree. Outside, a muscular editor from Doubleday was at the wheel of a Prius, and as they were driving to the Odd Fellows' lodge in Sebastopol, where Sol was padlocked to a heater, Bob said to the driver, "This reminds me of the worst sentence in the book: Almost inconceivably, the gun into which she was now staring was clutched in the pale hand of an enormous albino with long white hair. Only she is now me. You should have done something about almost inconceivably and into which." "Shut up," said the pole dancer, "what's with Sol's three touchstones?" "Oh, those," said Lamedum, "they reminded him of the day he arrived in Santa Rosa. He got a parking ticket on Fourth Street, went to the Wells Fargo Center to hear Jeffrey Kahane's piano recital and enjoyed a cornucopia of wine, fruit and artichokes with me afterwards." Suddenly, the muscular editor, the
Mines had been losing it for months, reflected Lamedum. Any normal soul would post on the fridge, but being an Odd Fellow, Mines had to be different. Vowing to enter Valhalla and "conquer Thor" had been his latest obsession. He'd immersed himself in mythology, the Middle Ages, and Scrabble since his adolescence in Bruges, and his megalomania was growing beyond control. Bob crawled outside, and hailed a taxi downtown to the Moon of Uranus to consult with Ang�le, who was working the pole on the magnetic north side of the dance floor. Arriving late, he sat to the side of the
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stains on his shirt, his wallet empty, Mines was no more than a shell. His number in Folsom prison ended in a "nine." For the next 10 years, Mines would indeed be an "odd" fellow.--Stephen D. Gross Could they have anything to do with Solomon's brutal kidnapping? Bob leaned against a bookcase and felt it give, revealing . . . . . . a marking on the wall. Bob crouched for a closer look. "In all my years of markology, I've never seen the like! Whoever did this draws about as well as I can." Which was to say it was utterly indecipherable. Bob whipped out his notebook. A sultry voice interrupted his scribbling. "What are you doing there, Bob?" said Ang�le. He hadn't expected her, but there she was standing in the doorway. "Oh hi, love," he said distractedly. "Just found a clue from Solomon. Don't know what it means, though. Two touchstones are missing." "Not unlike your personal pronouns," Ang�le quipped. "Might you be referring to these?" She handed him the objects in question: a gold-enameled crab claw and a cryptex. Bob jumped to his feet. "But how did you . . . ?" "I received them in the mail along with this sealed note." Bob finger-scissored the envelope and read: If you want to see your beloved mentor alive again, you might find a visit to San Francisco worth your while. Faster than one could say "Knights Templar," Bob and Ang�le were standing before an old Victorian-style mansion. They rang the bell and the front gate opened automatically. They made a cautious approach to the front door and slipped inside. "Stay on your guard," Bob whispered. Just then, a cry for help. "Bob! I'm in here!"
Knowing how sensitive he was about his figure, Bob and Ang�le kept silent. "My captors number three," Solomon continued, "and they'll do anything to get their hands on my grandfather's horde. This used to be his house, you know. I trust you uncovered my message?" Bob nodded. "Where's the treasure, then?" said Ang�le from behind a pulled gun. Three men were instantly beside her. "Ang�le! Are you mad?!" "A far cry from a dance pole, I know," she said with a wave of the gun. "But it gets the point across nonetheless." "So it was you all along!" "Who else? I've been chasing Solomon's treasure for years. Now, monsieur, if you would be so kind?"
"The two missing items were a tiny replica of Rodin's Thinker and a miniature folding metal chair," said Lamedum. "But what do they mean?" "The laminated parking ticket represents punishment for occupying a space too long. The glass hand's thumb and forefinger configuration suggest feeding a mouth something . . . like a potato chip." "Or an artichoke leaf ?" Ang�le offered. "Good, good! Now consider the posture of the Thinker--it's as if he is taking a constitutional." "Yes, but what about the chair?" asked Ang�le. "If the Thinker were seated upon the flat, metal chair while attempting a constitutional, the chair's adhesion would result in maximum flatulence amplification." "But how do these clues tie together?" "The parking ticket indicates the Thinker was taking too long to perform his business. If taking too long results in a punishment, i.e., Solomon's being crushed, then what's the opposite of taking too long between flatulence emissions?" "Rapid-fire flatulence." "Excellent, Ang�le! By eating artichoke leaves while sitting bare-bottomed on a metal chair one would emit rapid-fire, or staccato, flatulence emissions . . . " "The Staccati!" gasped Ang�le with exhilaration.
"Fine. The mark I left you is a map. It shows the treasure's exact location," Solomon said. "Of course!" Ang�le was gone in an instant, followed by her henchmen. But all too late. The police were waiting. Bob and Solomon emerged into the daylight and waved as Ang�le was cuffed and taken away. "Looks like the adventure's ended before it even began," Bob said. "Speak for yourself. I've still got 10 pounds of doughnuts to work off !" Bob held out the cryptex with a smile. "Care for an A-P-P-L-E instead?"--A+T Could they have anything to do with Solomon's brutal kidnapping? Bob leaned against a bookcase and felt it give, revealing . . . . . . a secret chamber. Lamedum brushed through the cobwebs, held a lit candle before him and entered. He touched his candle's flame to another in the room's corner; its wick linked with 300 others, and instantly illuminated the room. Solomon Mines was tied down to the floor behind a thick plexiglass wall; a steel cable slowly lowered an enormous steel weight toward his chest. Lamedum's eyes followed the cable to the gear that controlled it. Attached to the gear was the combination scroll. Lamedum noticed folding metal chairs and artichokes piled in the corner. Bob glanced at Solomon. "Solve the code!" Solomon silently mouthed from behind the wall. Ang�le D�mon slunk from the shadows like the pole dancer she was. "I found the entrance earlier--we must help him," she said.
If he could just locate the churches which stood near each other, perhaps he could find, likely still obsessed with murdering Thor, the immutable Solomon. Maintaining close ties with clergy and astronomers, Ang�le had no trouble uncovering the two churches that Mines must have been alluding to. A few professional offices stood between them, and they scoured the lobby directories for another clue. They saw optometrists, podiatrists, a proctologist and a dentist. Could Mines be nearby? The revelation jolted Bob's mouth like a root canal. "Of course!" Tearing upstairs, he heard in his mind Solomon's lisping voice. He wasn't out to conquer Thor--he was talking about a cankersore! And there he was, asleep in the dental chair, a bald bearded man in a smock hovering over him. Bob recognized the IRS agent-cum-dentist immediately. He'd found Solomon, but it was too late. Tomato juice
It was Solomon. They traced his voice to the kitchen, only to find Solomon bound hand and foot to a chair. Curiously, he was covered in doughnut crumbs. "What's happened to you? Are you all right?" said Bob as he rushed to undo the ropes. "They're never going to get away with this. If they think force-feeding me doughnuts will make me squeal, they've got another thing coming!" Solomon fumed.
"Precisely. We must both assume the position to hit the right combination of staccato emissions to activate the scroll and stop the gear from lowering the weight onto Solomon. Quickly, pull down your pants--a man's life is at stake!" Lamedum and D�mon exposed their bare bottoms and sat on two nearby metal chairs. They then grabbed artichokes and nibbled the flesh from the leaves. Rapid successions of popping reports resounded from buttocks against metal chairs. Solomon looked desperate as the weight descended to an inch from his chest. "Again, hurry!" commanded Lamedum. They grimaced and nibbled more artichoke leaves. Machine-gun-like effluviums burst forth into the room.
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"It's working!" cried D�mon. The cylinders on the scroll spun and the weight stopped. The remaining tumblers aligned; the symbol fragments spelled out S-T-A-C-C-A-T-I, and the plexiglass wall slid back. Lamedum and D�mon rushed into the room, their pants around their ankles, and untied Solomon Mines.
door lock and stepped behind the flocked velvet drape. Dust tickled his nose, but before he sneezed, Ang�le's perfume assailed his nostrils. He'd know that pole-dancer anywhere, even in the dark. "Thank God it's you," he said. "The Fox News antichrist poster is behind the bookcase, and it holds the secret of Solomon Mines' kidnapping." "Where's the computer?" Ang�le was on it. She was the master of Youtube, the logical place to find any conspiracy relating to politics and the church. "I haven't been able to find it," Bob admitted, aggressively scratching his head. Ang�le smiled knowingly as she picked up an enormous fluffy, orange Persian, revealing Solomon's laptop computer. Bob had seen the cat but thought it was some kind of bath mat. "It's still warm," Bob told her. "Solomon can't have been gone that long if he just used the computer."
"Thank God, Lamedum, you saved my life!" Mines said. "The Staccati were sure you could never solve such a ludicrous code and their secret would be safe forever." "Never underestimate a markologist," Lamedum said, pulling up his trousers. --Wray Cotterill Could they have anything to do with Solomon's brutal kidnapping? Bob leaned against a bookcase and felt it give, revealing . . . . . . a life-size poster of Barack Obama. Bob stared at it for a few minutes until he found what he was searching for. The perpetrators had left a clue. In the bottom right corner of the poster was the Fox News' symbol for the anti-Christ: a bolt of lightning. Talking to himself, the best way to solve any mystery, Bob said, "It's common knowledge that Jesus spoke Aramaic, but not everyone is aware that he also knew Hebrew. Since the Bible, which was written in Hebrew as soon as the Phoenicians discovered clay tablets, predicts the coming of the antichrist, we can follow the derivation and translation of the words. The Bible says the antichrist will come from the heavens, so it becomes obvious that the original word for light (from the sky), "barach," has evolved into `Barack.'" Bob congratulated himself for discovering the clue so quickly. As soon as he could find his mentor's computer he'd have the answer to his whereabouts. Easier said than done. After a frantic search through the dark house, he found the light switch. It was of no avail because even with more light, the computer was missing. He heard the click of a key in the front
"I think the cat just used it. How do you spell `Barack'?" "Let me go back to the poster and I'll tell you." He struck his forehead. "Wait! I'm so stupid. Solomon is being kept in the White House." "Hmm. It won't be easy," Ang�le said, "but I think with the right credentials we can gain access. Just so you know, I'm not entering any building through the sewer again." Whipping two press passes out of his tweed jacket, Bob waved them in front of her. "This time we'll enter in style." "Uh, I think those were for a Led Zeppelin concert, Bob." "No worries, with a little Clorox, ink and a Xerox machine, we're in business." It turned out to be unnecessary. Solomon had been abducted because he translated a document on Youtube, claiming the president was the antichrist. It was a simple matter to create another video proving that "barach" actually meant "healthcare" in Aramaic. So the White House had no further use for keeping Solomon prisoner. "We're so smart," Ang�le gushed. "When this is over, maybe we can make some more like us."--Carol Collier
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lmost murdered by her father at age three. Her throat slashed. Witness to her sisters' murders. Her mother, grandmother and aunts violently killed. Carmina Salcido is a survivor. Many have read the numerous stories of Ram�n Salcido's deadly Sonoma County rampage two decades ago, but few know the aftermath. In `Not Lost Forever, My Story of Survival' (William Morrow: $25.99), Carmina Salcido describes her arduous road from victim to survivor with co-author Steve Jackson. Carmina's story extends far beyond her brush with death. Given up for adoption by her grieving grandfather, the feisty little girl joined a family deeply ingrained in an ultra-strict, cultish Catholic organization Tradition, Family and Property. Isolated on a Midwestern farm, she was deprived of anything resembling a normal childhood and instead endured much abuse at the hands of her adoptive, alcoholic parents. "Escaping" at age 17 to a Carmelite convent, she suffered from numerous physical and mental-health problems that landed her in the hospital. Deemed unfit for convent life, she was sent to a ranch in Idaho for troubled teen girls. Carmina and the other girls there endured more abuse, until she made her break for freedom at age 18. Contacting the grandfather who had been excluded from her life by her adoptive parents, Carmina reconnected with her past. Now back in Sonoma County, she has investigated and confronted the events that placed her on such a tough road, contacting family, friends and members of law enforcement and the press who could help shed light on her early life. The book's short chapters read cleanly, and the 16 pages of color photos trace a full life lived in 23 short years. This resilient young woman has reached a level of understanding and forgiveness few would be able endure, let alone come out of with compassion and normalcy. Not Lost Forever is a testament that leaves readers with hope and admiration for Carmina's survival.--S.D. ith her previous novel, The Great Far Away, a fictional memoir of idyllic bohemian life in Northern California, Santa Rosa author Joan Frank established herself. Her latest, `In Envy Country' (University of Notre Dame Press; $20), collects short stories published in journals around the country, from the Seattle Review to the Baltimore Review and points in between, including Notre Dame and Chautauqua. Opening with "A Note on the Type," a detailed, engrossing story of a conniving employee at a printing company who ascends from file folders to far-flung affairs, Frank's stories follow those in the throes and woes of love and life. With one eye inside the workings of her characters and one observing from afar, In Envy Country sets a Raymond Carver tone--a character from "Betting on Men" is even named Carver--without the rampant selfannihilation and morbidity.--G.M. n the classic love story, two people find each other, overcome their dilemmas and fall in love. Yet Penngrove author Linda Loveland Reid, winner of the 2008 Redwood Writers Club contest, illustrates in her novel `Touch of Magenta' (BookSurge Publishing, $18.99) that love is never that simple. The plot, weaving together the lives of two women whose pasts are veiled in secrecy, is actually antithetical to the classic romance. Set in California's Gold Country, as well as San Francisco, Chinatown, Sacramento, Singapore, Italy and England, Reid's novel follows the tale of Corri Montclair, who in 1971 uncovers a shocking mystery in the pages of her dead mother's will, sending her on a life-altering quest to discover the ghosts of her hidden past. Montclair's story is entwined with that of Pegeen O'Connor, who falls into a shadowed romance with a Chinese boy against the racial constraints of 1895 California society. Reid paints a suspenseful portrait as Corri labors to solve the mysteries of her past, eventually crossing paths with the consequences of Pegeen's deeds and the fate that brought their stories together, though separated by time. Touch of Magenta journeys into the unknown spheres of human nature and the way parts of our identities are determined by a compelling desire to untangle our pasts.--T.M. etween the rounds of housework and homework, a parent's own life can quite easily slip away. But when the child leaves for college and the house is quiet for the first time in some 18 years, a parent's slipped-away life often becomes a massive void that bewilders. And so it is with Nora, the heroine of Santa Rosa author J. C. Miller's novel `On the Brink of Nora' (Redwood Writers; $16). But Nora is not alone, sharing the book with her husband Eric and daughter Dani, each of whose stories are told in alternating chapters as the reader gets an omniscient view of the
life of one small Sonoma County family as they handle the dread empty nest, the dread midlife crisis, the dread adultery and even the dread growing-up-and-moving-away transition of young adulthood. Miller's characters are people we know because they are us--fallible, astray, searching and trying to do what is honorable and right in this one single life we are given.--G.G. arin County evokes images of rugged Northern California coastline, quirky hippie towns, Mount Tam, nouveau rich and, yes, hot tubs. `Visions of Marin' (Color and Light Editions; $39.95) vividly illustrates those evocations and many more through the luminous photography and descriptions of Inverness author/photographers Richard Blair and Kathleen Goodwin. Marin residents for 30-plus years, Blair and Goodwin have long rambled the roads and recesses of their home turf. Their photographs range from panoramic landscapes to the miniscule detritus found among beach jetsam. Short histories record local characters, events, buildings and foods,
and landscapes punctuate the 415 (mostly) colored photographs in this coffee-table tome. The impressive detail and quality exhibited throughout the book is evidence of a labor of love from the husband and wife team.Visions of Marin will be a welcome addition to libraries of both locals and California dreamers.--S.D. oel Kramer's Passionate Mind, originally published in 1974, offered an informed, intellectual whole-life theory of living self-reflexively in the moment, and became a "life handbook" for many of the age of enlightenment. This year, Kramer, a Bolinas resident, with co-author Diana Alstead, offers `The Passionate Mind Revisited' (North Atlantic Books; $16.95), a complete reworking of the original. To live in the moment, Kramer and Alstead clarify, we as a species must have a cognizant grasp of both our past and our future. Unless we can expand our awareness to a broader social range--making our ego work for the planet, changing our detached mindset and questioning our beliefs, for example--our future will be bleak indeed. Rife
Prohibition's history of hardship in the wine country
Prohibition caught the winemakers of Sonoma and Napa counties by surprise. Until the Volstead Act was actually passed in October 1919, few thought it would extend beyond hard liquor to include beer and wine, nor did Californians, who widely opposed the efforts of the Anti-Saloon League, expect their state legislators to vote to ratify the 18th Amendment. They were wrong on both counts. The events that followed are the meat of Vivienne Soznowski's meticulously researched history, When the Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America's Wine Country (Palgrave Macmillan; $26.95). A part-time Healdsburg resident and former journalist with the Washington Examiner and the San Francisco Examiner, Soznowski has drawn on oral histories from aging survivors from those harsh years as well as contemporary newspaper accounts to craft her account of "14 years of real trial," as they played out across the two wine counties. Surprisingly, the first years were boom times. A pre-existing law, unaffected by Prohibition, allowed anyone to make up to 200 gallons of wine for their own use. Local growers soon realized "there was this incredible demand for grapes-- in New York and Chicago and Atlanta," Soznowski relates. "So instead of selling the wine readymade, they were selling grapes across the nation so that people could make their 200 gallons." Prices soared from $25 per ton to 10 times that amount, until the Central Valley's table grape growers flooded the market with their own newly planted wine grapes, and, Soznowski writes, "the market just crashed and burned." Bootlegging became a way of life for many families as they struggled to survive, but their carefully preserved vats of aging wine were constantly at risk. "The Prohibition agents would come up with their guns and just pull the plugs on these wonderful old redwood vats of wine," the author recounts indignantly. "The wine would run everywhere, over gardens, through fields, it ran into ditches, down into the little creeks and then into rivers," providing her book with its title. "People lost fruit trees, and their gardens were wrecked," she continues, "and of course they lost this amazing resource, the one major movable asset in their lives. Millions of gallons of wine, it was just lost, all their hard work, lost." Also lost was a generation of winemaking knowledge and experience, she writes, a deficit that took the region's industry "decades to get back to perhaps where it might have been."
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with Kramer's roots in yoga, science and comparative religion, The Passionate Mind Revisited is a vigorous read for those disenchanted with sacred cows.--G.M. n `Walks: Best Poems' (Footprint Press; $15), Greenbrae poet B. J. Stolbov invites his readers to stroll beside him as he journeys through manhood. Stolbov is often subtle, employing a careful, conscious meter when threading the emotion of love through his poems; he is also often chaotic, detailing an anthill that buzzes with hurried life. Either way, his work is defined by precise thoughts, brief moments in time that account for a larger social commentary on the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment or the larger American dream. A keen glimpse into the poet's mind, Walks is a compilation that follows Stolbov's clear message, "It is my work / This being a wanderer" through both writing and life itself.--T.M. f it weren't for Kurt Cobain's ghastly suicide on April 5, 1994, the trope of the rock star's untimely death might have receded into distant memory. David Comfort's `The Rock and Roll Book of the Dead' (Citadel Press; $15.95) keeps the stories alive by weaving Cobain in with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Jerry Garcia, finding connections between all seven "rock immortals"--their lonely childhoods, their desire to escape and their sudden and often suspicious deaths. Some, like Cobain's, are scrutinized fiercely by this Santa Rosa author, while others are retold with the acceptance of time's passing. Comfort's ultimate success is an outline of the vagaries of fame and how it delivers on its promise for a price often mortally high.--G.M. ausalito art dealer Richard Polsky is no schmo. He knows who to call at the large auction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's, he's conversant with artworld insiders and he used to own a real Andy Warhol. His Fright Wig work, so-called because the self-portrait features Andy in an on-end white wig, was a piece that made Polsky glad to own, glad to look at. It did what art can sometimes do: it made Polsky actually happy. But his wife was running up credit card bills that were breaking him, and another dealer was interested. Maybe Polsky should sell the work, recoup a couple hundred thou, pay Visa off and relax a little. After some sleuthing, due diligence and thinking, he did. And then the art market exploded, and suddenly Warhols were commanding eight figures, not six, and Polsky was left out in the dust. In his chatty insider tome `I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)' (Other Press; $29.95), Polsky uses a conversational tone to explain what happened in the art market and how. For those who care about the business of art with even the slightest fervor they feel for works of art themselves, I Sold Andy Warhol offers a fascinating
glimpse behind the walls of the galleries, auction houses and museums that make good art good business.--G.G. uch like a New Age female Harry Potter, the heroine of `Schizandra and the Gates of Mu' by Laura Bruno (International Renaissance Press; $16), Schizandra Ginger Parker loses her parents under tragic and slightly suspicious conditions. Like Harry, she enters a world of magical creatures and mysterious spirits which help or hinder her attempts to fight darkness and find the light in the universe. Adding to the mystification are an addicted cocoa-pod-popping, shift-shaping queen, talking crystals and a galactic butterfly that Schizandra encounters in underground passages while in a coma-like sleep. Readers get a blow-by-blow Tarot card/numerology/ astrological reading which explains the heroine's back story, and how her ultimate destiny will change the world when its mythical end occurs in 2012.--S.D. collection of essays addressing the needed marriage of two very green issues, organic farming and wildlife conservation, has been carefully collected and edited by Healdsburg resident Daniel Imhoff and Jo Ann Baumgartner. `Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature: Essays on Conservation-Based Agriculture' (Watershed Media; $16.95) lends a forum for luminaries such as Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry and Barbara Kingsolver, among others, to advocate for the need to change current agricultural and conservation practices. The book is divided into four sections which concentrate on such core issues as the condition of salmon or bee populations, the challenges of biodiversity, and finally, the influences of society and culture on agrarian practices and native wildlife. This is Imhoff 's second volume of essays published through his own nonprofit Watershed Media and the first collaboration with the Baumgartner, director of the Wild Farm Alliance, an organization which promotes agriculture that aids in the protection and restoration of wild flora and fauna.--S.D. orestville author and editor Barbara Baer has been looking east a lot lately. Under her own Floreant Press imprint, she last published Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanists's Exile from Eden. This year she gives us the novella `Grisha the Scrivener' (Ghost Road Press; $15.95), an old-fashioned story of a midcareer journalist with a gift for seeing occasional beauty who is in search of many things, the true nature of Mother Russia among them. Cynical yet easily humbled, Gregory Gregorovich Samidze of Uzbekistan feels lust and disgust in equal measure as he navigates through the shuttered world of mid-20th-century Soviet malaise. Baer's language and eye are striking as always, keeping her dense topic as tightly woven as an excellent Tashkent rug.--G.G.
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Lars von Trier's `Antichrist' pits sex against nature in upside-down Eden
By Richard von Busack
he most prestigious gross-out since Irreversible, Lars von Trier's Antichrist is billed as a director's return to instinctive filmmaking. Von Trier's "Your guess is as good as mine" approach includes comments such as "I let this film flow to me instead of thinking it up." This might be the best way to take in Antichrist, as a triple-X shocker, giving it merit for its fussy surfaces and its unquestionable power to disgust. And when von Trier (Breaking the Waves, etc.) describes Antichrist as a way back after two years of crippling depression, it seems even more critic-proof. Slamming it would be like mocking some mental patient's art-therapy project. Calling Antichrist "misogynist" isn't fair. The man in the story (called only "He," played by Willem Dafoe) is a platitudinous artist when he's not being a meat-pestle. And the beastliness in the woman (called "She") is a response to his power plays, his pretenses of being learned and in control. A truly misogynist film echoes Freud's guess that women don't know what they want. She (Charlotte Gainsbourg) does know. First, she wants her man; second, she wants to fuck the pain away. Von Trier gives women their due as forces of nature, even from a superstitious peasant angle: are they sorceresses, then, since they can create life? (Did von Trier cast Gainsbourg because of
her resemblance to Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West?) As for Antichrist's spine as a horror film, no excuse is needed. It's about the heebiejeebies caused by nature. She and He are seen at the beginning, sexing it up vigorously in ultra-slow-motion. Their toddler ambles in, leers at the primal scene and then apparently kills himself. She falls into a big orgasm just as her child falls out the window. The dead child is named, significantly "Nick"; one clue (and we get another) that this was the young antichrist awaiting some fearful resurrection. She stews in her own depression in a claustrophobic apartment. He decides to take up the role of grief therapist to his mate. He is apparently a psychologist, but we don't know that for sure: all we know is that He is not a doctor. The couple moves to their cabin in a dank forest. It looks trollhaunted, with white slashes of birch trees glowing in the gloom. She hadn't wanted to come back. She had been holed up in the cabin, working on her women's-study thesis about the history of crimes against women. He had called it glib. The cabin is named, surely euphemistically, "Eden." The plot is a reversal on Genesis. Seemingly, the sex act took this unhappy couple back to Eden, where they are to be punished by nature and each other. Her desire for sex grows. Visions of diseased, supernatural animals torment the man, which include a ludicrous, rotting talking fox, whose two-word growl, "Chaos reigns," could be the title of the next Spinal Tap album. Things having got as sexual as they can, terrible violence breaks out. For no good reason, von Trier marks his film out with episodes--is there a better way to shake an audience out of a mood of horror? But are we supposed to be horrified, or are we supposed to think of this as an intellectual exercise with nut-busting and mutilation? Von Trier comes up with downy, glossy images and then frames them, freezes them down. Von Trier's beefing against the fecundity of nature, signified by the pelting of acorns on "Eden's" roof, can't be taken seriously. It's like describing that scene in The Wizard of Oz where the trees throw their apples as a symbol of nature against man. We get so many movies made by people who seemed never to have set foot outside of a movie theater, and von Trier is just another one; thanks to digitizing, this wilderness is really as composed as an English country garden. The thesis could use an argument: such as William Blake's line that "the lust of the goat is the glory of God." What makes Antichrist so frustrating is that it has effective horror moments, such as the Lovecraftian passage of He discovering three new constellations in the night sky. David Lynch has had more success in filming this dream-journal-type material and making it terrifying. When von Trier mentions that Antichrist inspiration came from August Strindberg, he lets us know why this film looks overcooked even if it was underanalyzed.
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There are bartenders and then there are bartenders. First settling behind the bar at the Tradewinds in Cotati in the 1970s, John Gaines falls into the latter, emphasized category. Gaines listened to tales of woe and poured stiff ones for three decades at the Tradewinds before running John's Cafe at the Black Cat in Penngrove; he is, as they say, an institution. But even institutions can have health issues. Kidney and liver failure have left Gaines with sizable medical bills, and an all-day benefit featuring Volker Strif ler, the Pulsators, Levi Lloyd, A Case of the Willys, Detroit Disciples, Hillside Fire, Joel Rudinow and more aims to raise money for the ailing comrade. "He was just a constant," says the Tradewinds' current bartender. "It wasn't a Sunday morning with football without John." Leave an extra tip on the bar on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Tradewinds. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati. Noon. $10. 707.795.7878.
interviews with Latino residents screen in the lobby during the festive concert on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Jackson Theater. Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. 8pm. $25�$32. 707.546.8742.
Boo!
You can't accuse the members of Grateful Dead of not trying to engage world leaders. As a member of the Bohemian Club, Bob Weir has the opportunity to kibbutz with the top dogs of insider politics and corporate profiteering; as a member of Scaring the Children, a side project with bassist Rob Wasserman and drummer Jay Lane, he has the opportunity to engage the Global Security Institute, which was founded by Alan Cranston and includes Mikhail Gorbachev on its board of directors. Scaring the Children plays this weekend in an acoustic concert presented by the GSI to resurrect the terrifying truth that nuclear weapons are destructive and immoral, preceded by a forum including Kim Campbell, the former Prime Minister of Canada, disarmament expert Thomas Graham Jr., and GSI president Jonathan Granoff on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Napa Valley Opera House. 1030 Main St., Napa. Forum at 4pm is free; concert at 7:30pm is $75. 707.226.7372.
climaxes one of Orson Welles' most plagued movies--he owed it to Columbia Pictures to repay a loan, mindlessly pitched a nonexistent plot, cast his estranged wife Rita Hayworth in the lead role and admitted, afterward, that it made little sense. But the film noir captures a wonderful vision of San Francisco and, in some scenes, the Sausalito waterfront. For a special screening in San Rafael, Welles' own daughter Chris Welles Feder will be on hand to discuss the film, her father's genius and her new book, In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles. See film history come alive on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Rafael Film Center. 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 7pm. $10. 415.454.1222.
Trick or Treatment
Since Napa has no real gay bar, a group of friends called Team Guerrilla bounce around the valley hosting what they call the Napa Guerrilla Gay Bar. The idea is simple: to descend on a local pub or bar and make it "gay for a day" with fabulous fashion sense and even more fabulous dancing. So far, the group has turned the disco out at watering holes as varied as Henry's Cocktail Lounge, Jonesy's at the Napa airport, Compadres Rio Grille, Bardessono, the Centre Cafe and Pancha's in Yountville. It's not just in good fun, either-- the idea raises awareness of a gay community in Napa along with thousands of dollars for the Napa Valley AIDS Walk. Hosted by Kellie Green from the Vine 93.3-FM, the walk features sponsored teams in Halloween costumes, raff les, balloons, horse rides and DJ Rotten Robbie. Better yet, it supports HIV services at the Queen of the Valley hospital in Napa, and it all happens on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Lincoln Theater. 100 California Drive, Yountville. 10am. Free. 707.738.4040.
On Remembering
Spanning three special concerts, the Santa Rosa Symphony Chamber Players' Festival of Remembrance is designed for its audience to ref lect on and more deeply understand a trio of historically significant events: Dia de los Muertos, the internment of Japanese residents in concentration camps during World War II and the Nazi holocaust. Local musicians, a rabbi, a journalist, an oral historian and local leaders all contribute to the performances, replete with audio-visual sets and art. The series kicks off with pieces by acclaimed Mexican composers Carlos Ch�vez (String Quartet no. 3) and Silvestre Revueltas (String Quartet no. 4, Musica de Feria), augmented by locals Trio Nuevo Amanecer. Linda Lemus speaks on the holiday and recorded
All's Welles
In addition to Laughing Sal and It's-Its ice cream sandwiches, the fondly remembered Playland at San Francisco's Ocean Beach also inspired one of the most tension-filled film endings in old Hollywood. The hall of mirrors scene from `The Lady from Shanghai' thrillingly
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The votes are in!
ast Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, the envelopes were ripped, the gold record awards distributed, and we announced the winners of the fifth annual North Bay Music Awards. Thanks to all who came out to the Hopmonk Tavern and made it such a sweet evening, and thanks especially to the George Marsh Quartet, Arann Harris and the Greenstring Farm Band and Body or Brain (whose lead singer Jakey Lee is seen leaping up) for playing; to Noah D for keeping it live on the turntables; to Ricky Watts for doing live painting and helping raise hundreds of dollars for Face to Face and Food for Thought; to Brian Griffith and Bill Bowker from the KRSH 95.9-FM for presenting; and to the Hopmonk itself for having us back for another great year. This year, we had over 2,000 people vote in categories that were sometimes very, very close. We're lucky to have such a wealth of talent in the North Bay, and we salute everyone--winners, nominees and non-nominees all--who continue to enrich the breeding ground of excellent music in the area. Without further ado, then . . . Blues / R&B Michael Barclay � Bonafide Blue � Linda Ferro � SoulShine Blues Band� Volker Strifler Winner: Volker Strifler Country / Americana Aaran Harris and the Greenstring Farm Band � Poor Man's Whiskey � Kevin Russell � Stiff Dead Cat � Trailer Park Rangers Winner: Poor Man's Whiskey Dance / DJ DJ Amen� DJ Jacques � DJ Malarkey � DJ Noah D � DJ Rob Cervantes Winner: DJ Noah D Folk / Acoustic Mr. December � Pink Sabbath � Serf & James � Peter Tracy � Way-to-Go Joes Winner: Mr. December Rap / Hip-Hop Ant D.O.G. � At All Costs � Cavity � Latin Hyper � Truthlive Winner: At All Costs Jazz Jason Bodlovich � George Marsh � Stephanie Ozer � Jackie Ryan � Wesla Whitfield Winner: Jason Bodlovich Indie Rock / Punk Baby Seal Club � Body or Brain � Litany for the Whale � Not to Reason Why � Semi-Evolved Simians Winner: Baby Seal Club Rock / Metal Motogruv � David Nelson � the Pulsators � the Spindles � the Thugz Winner: The Pulsators World / Reggae Gator Beat � Markus James � Tom Rigney � Sol Horizon � Zydeco Flames Winner: Zydeco Flames See ya'll next year! Gabe Meline
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n an attempt to regain her footing after 2008's ill-fated This Kind of Love, Carly Simon this week releases the informatively titled Never Been Gone, and it represents, alongside the recent dissolution of her 20-year marriage, the confessional hit maker's growing movement toward autonomy. One could say Simon has been looking for this all along in her personal life--but this is her business life, and Never Been Gone is out on her own family's record label, Iris Records. Never Been Gone shouldn't have come out at all. Simon had declared that This Kind of Love, which seemed to be a surefire hit on the Starbucks imprint Hear Music, would be her last album before retiring. But sales completely tanked when Starbucks suddenly decided to get out of the music business right around the album's release, and the jilted Simon filed a lawsuit earlier this month against Starbucks seeking $5 million to $10 million for "concealment of material facts" and "unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices." Dusting herself off, Simon retreated to her Martha's Vineyard home and did the musician's equivalent of poring over old photos after a failed relationship: she revisited her old songs. Her voice, definitely more ragged, adds to the stark sincerity of the album's mostly acoustic backing; at times, her plain phrasing even recalls Southern bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens. Album opener "The Right Thing to Do" replaces the sweetness of the original recording with warble and venom, and the enduring kiss-off "You're So Vain" has a deeper growl. Those who never "got" Carly Simon will find much to mock in this record, but for anyone who curled up on their bed under a poster of Leif Garrett listening to the girl in the stereo speakers sing about anticipation and betrayal, Never Been Gone is another blunt, honest journal entry to devour, tinged with regret and flavored by the bitter taste of terrible coffee.
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Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman share two decades playing together.
Reggie Workman and Trio 3 spread jazz around the world
By Gabe Meline
t's almost midnight in Sweden, and the 72-year-old jazz legend Reggie Workman is back at his hotel after the night's concert--with an 5am wake-up call in the morning. The two-week tour of Europe, he says over the long-distance line, has been a grueling one, with long drives and little sleep. The main benefit has been European audiences, who continue be support jazz in ways that American audiences do not. "They're more knowledgeable and more open to it," says the versatile, brilliant bassist. "In America, you have a situation where they can sell Doublemint gum and Toyota cars and everything, but they're not trying to sell music the same way." Workman should know. He first toured Europe as a member of John Coltrane's group. He's worked with Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, Max Roach and countless other big names in jazz. For the last 22 years, with drummer Andrew Cyrille and tenor saxophonist Oliver Lake, Workman has held down the low end for the unwavering and adventurous Trio 3, who perform Nov. 3 at two not-to-be-missed intimate shows at Flying Goat Coffee in Healdsburg. To call Trio 3 a "jazz supergroup" would be like calling Duke Ellington a "good songwriter." Cyrille is indisputably a giant
of free-jazz drumming, playing for many years behind Cecil Taylor and collaborating over the years with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Coleman Hawkins and Peter Br�tzmann; Lake sprung from the 1970s New York loft scene to form and tour extensively with the World Saxophone Quartet. All three men have heavy r�sum�s, but Trio 3-- organically founded after repeatedly calling each other to fill in on club and recording dates--resides decidedly in the present, the musicians still surprising each other on the bandstand and finding those moments of synchronicity and magic so common in jazz. "We are all about moving in the same direction with the music; we've all had experience with the type of music that gives us the tools to find the matrix together, in our own way," Workman explains, "and that's an important part of the statement, because `in our own way' means we're all going to bring something different to the fold. A lot of it is just the way telepathy goes." Workman was in his early 20s when he was asked to join Coltrane, whom he'd known and spent time with growing up in Philadelphia. "It was a hell of an experience for me to be with somebody like him, who required what he required in his band, and to have put together the kind of band that he put together," Workman says. "Not to even mention what he was doing in music, what he was doing with his ideas about formula and sound and spirit. It's not something I can just say, `OK, this is what I learned playing with John Coltrane--boom.' It was an experience. It was a lesson." Workman can be heard at Coltrane's turning point, from Atlantic Records' Ol� Coltrane to Impulse Records' Africa / Brass, and speaks of what the music required and what the music offered in the same breath. "When you get with someone who has a higher being, you know that right away. You begin to work on that particular craft, and you begin to work on that experience and gift that person is bringing to you," he says. "I was a young boy then, and I was constantly learning what to do, what the needs were. At the same time, I had something to bring to the beach besides sand, or he wouldn't have asked me to be part of his project!" Even when fresh from playing large theaters in Europe, Workman--now a professor at New York's New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music--says he doesn't necessarily mind playing smaller venues, as long as the audience connects, the feeling is right, and the evening stimulates. "The music is not embraced enough in this country so that you can have an ideal situation every time you perform," he says. "We are constantly trying to make our own situation. We bring the music to the people, that's what we're about. That's what we're out here for."
Trio 3 perform two shows on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Flying Goat Coffee. 324 Center St., Healdsburg. 7pm and 9pm. $25. Tickets at www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org or by calling 707.433.4644.
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Comedy
(Except Richard Lewis isn't miserable any more)
t's not that comic Richard Lewis isn't a Halloween person, exactly. It's more that he's a celebrity, particularly as Curb Your Enthusiasm enters its new season. "The last thing I want to do is welcome strangers to the door of my home. `Robin Hood in tights, come on in!'" Lewis chuckles, speaking by phone from his Hollywood Hills home. But Lewis isn't the type to just turn off all of his lights that night and sit inside in the dark while trick-or-treaters patter past. Nope. "I've put up a sign for the last 25 years," he says, beginning to laugh. "I'm not proud of this, but on Halloween, I put a huge poster on my front door that says"--he laughs again--"`I'm caring for a man close to death.' It's true!" he protests. Lewis won't be at home for Halloween this year, instead headlining an evening of standup comedy with Curb co-star Susie Essman at the Lincoln Theater. "I'll be coming," he announces, "as a well-adjusted heterosexual." Being "well-adjusted" isn't a costume for Lewis any more. Famous for his drug and alcohol abuse and diagnosed as a sex addict, Lewis cleaned himself up in 1994, even marrying some five years ago. His standup tour still focuses on his maladjusted upbringing. Being clean and sober hasn't stopped him from being funny; if anything, it's made him more rapid-fire than ever. Lewis is of course more widely sought out than ever due to his association with Larry David's churlish comedy. The two met at summer camp when they were 12, and have had a complicated relationship ever since. We'll just step back and let Lewis relate the last time he saw Larry: "About two months ago, I met him for dinner at some fancy place he's chosen--it's not that it's fancy, it's just that he likes the food. I get there first, and I give the maitre d' my credit card because there's no reason that this mogul should have to pay every time. He gets there, and of course everyone recognizes us and they don't even want us to order. `No, no, no, we'll choose the food for you,' and it's enough food for a thousand people, and Larry's phone rings and it's Steve Martin and it's his poker night and Larry goes, `Oh my God, I forgot poker night. I've got to go.' So I'm stuck not only with the bill but with enough food for all of Los Angeles. It was unbelievable; it was like a house payment. So I pay it and I'm driving home, and the phone rings. I've got it on speaker phone, and it's Larry and Steve Martin begging me to come over for poker night, and I said, `I'm not coming over. I've already lost a thousand dollars!'" He stops for a short breath, suddenly becoming canny. "You're typing?" he asks incredulously. "You're not taping this? I'm giving you gold, and you're typing?" Richard Lewis and Susie Essman appear on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Lincoln Theater, 100 California Drive, Yountville. 8pm. $39�$69. Post-show costume party. 707.944.1300. Gretchen Giles
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For Kids
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arv is turning 75, his party guests are about to arrive, his wife, Lois, is baking his favorite cake, but all he can think about are the galloping horses he keeps hearing whenever he's alone in the living room. That and the vivacious younger woman who keeps appearing to insist that the sofa is a Pontiac with a very loud engine, and that Marv is actually on a cross-country road trip instead of sitting around at home, waiting to acknowledge that he has finally grown old. The Horses is written by playwright Brian Thorstenson (Over the Mountain, Shadow Crossing) the first-ever commissioned play by Marin County's innovative Alternative Theater Ensemble. The company, which presents professional productions never in theaters but always in temporary San Rafael storefronts, has earned a reputation for first-rate work done with an absence of frills. The new play is a fine example of that, a lyrically written comedy-drama-mystery-fantasy that defies categorization, alternately baffling and then charming its audience. The story, which takes place over the course of a single day, at first seems to be that of a man having memories of a long-ago affair, then unfolds a little, asking us to consider that Marv (played by the masterful Will Marchetti) may be in the early stages of dementia. The other possibility, of course, is that Marv's experiences are real. There are others as well, each arising gently and gracefully from the previous. Those who prefer their art to make sense will find all of this unsettling, or at least confusing, but Thorstenson is the kind of writer who seeks the truth that simmers and lurks beneath the bare facts. The Horses, with the help of a sensational cast, manages to convey profound emotion in spite of its bold avoidance of literal reality. Marchetti plays Marv with a blend of curmudgeonly irritation, youthful restlessness, childlike wonder and flat-out fear: fear of growing old, fear of losing his dreams and fear of death. As Lois, Marv's patient but increasingly concerned wife, Frances Lee McCain is equally good. McCain (film fans might recognize her as the mother in Gremlins--"Get out if my kitchen!") imbues Lois with her own kind of dignity. The dialogue is rich, funny and rat-a-tat. Staged as it is in an empty retail space, the set consists of little more than the couch and a few paintings. Special mention should be given to Mark Robinson's excellent sound design, conjuring all of those stampeding horses as Thorstensen tells his lovely, sweet, gently off-the-wall tale. The Horses will not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those with Marv's spirit of adventure, it's a great big gulp of fresh air. The Horses runs Thursday�Sunday through Nov. 15. Thursday�Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. 1609 Fourth St. (corner of Fourth and G streets), San Rafael. $15�$25. 415.454.2787. David Templeton
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Looking for a social SWM, mid 40s, for friendship first. 318133 LOOKING FOR A FRIEND SAF, 48, 5'4'', looking for a friend who will eventually become my partner in life. 318943 TRADITIONAL VALUES SAF, 60, petite, very healthy, very active, secured, honest, sincere, hard-working, likes gardening, cooking, reading, home stuff, occasional drives to the countryside. Seeking SWM, 60-75, who's clean-cut, N/S, N/D, with similar qualities, for friendship first, possible LTR. 313785 ADVENTUROUS WOMAN Attractive, creative, and energetic lady looking for warm-hearted, compatible seeker, 65-70, with good SOH, for dating, possible relationship. 300201 LET'S MEET FOR DINNER Caring, honest, flexible, compassionate woman, 60s, loves dancing, travel, reading, dining out. Seeking similar man, 60s, for LTR. 301189 LOOKING FOR LTR Outdoorsy, health-minded, clean-cut, honest woman in her 30s, who enjoys biking, dining, shopping, the beach, hiking, taking walks, wants to meet a male in his 30s for LTR. 309772 CAPTIVATING! Adorable, hard-working, classy female, 50s, enjoys museums, shopping, travel, coffee shops, the beach. Seeking SM, 50s, for friendship, casual relationship, or LTR. 309776 A CARING HEART Outdoorsy, flexible, nurturing, feminine woman, 50s, likes camping, long drives, travel, coffee shops, taking walks. Seeking male, 40-59, for LTR. 309777 LOOKING FOR LTR Friendly, feminine, nurturing, captivating, bright, personable woman in her 50s who enjoys night clubs, television, dining, dancing, surfing, music, seeks similar male, 40-60, for LTR. 301191 WOMAN WITH GOOD VALUES Friendly, caring, honest, compassionate, classy lady, 20s, wants to meet a man in his 20s for camping, shopping, travel, dining, long drives and walks, and more! Friendship possibly leading to more. 299374 SHY AND ARTISTIC Single female in her 50s looking for a male who enjoys music, television. Let's meet and see if we connect! 308997 LIKE PBS? Personable, caring, goal-oriented friendly, artistic, compassionate woman, with good values, likes coffee shops, music, reading, walks, travel, dancing, dining out and more. Looking for honest, respectful man, 50-70, for LTR. 313143 WAITING ARMS Caring, educated, honest, optimistic, hard-working SF, 30s, enjoys travel, dining out, long drives, the beach, reading, walks, hiking, music and more. Would like to meet like-minded man, 3040, for LTR. 313123 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Motivated, outdoorsy, honest, health-conscious woman, with good values and optimistic attitude, likes most kinds of music, dining out, walks, camping, travel and relaxing time at home. Seeking a nice, honest, active man, 30-40, with similar interests, to spend time with, possible leading to LTR. 313124 MANY FINE QUALITIES Caring, outdoorsy, honest, artistic, hard-working SF, early 50s, optimistic homebody with good values, has many interests including music, dining out, museums, travel, long drives, reading, walks, camping, biking and more. Looking for an honest, down-to-earth SM, 50-70, for friendship and dating first, possibly leading to something more serious. 313126
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Seeking the real deal, the storybook, the fairy tale princess. 323596 LONG HAIR A PLUS Good-looking Native American male, 5'8", 220lbs, long hair, in search of a Hispanic or Native American woman, 50s, for friendship first and companionship. 304173 SEEKING AN OPEN MIND SBM, 33, 250lbs, smoker, enjoys cars, long walks, working out. Looking for SF, 20-65, kids ok, for possible relationship. 304990 PACIFIC NORTHWEST Casual guy, enjoys mountain and beach trips, walks, outdoors, moonlit nights, cuddling. Seeking SWF, 40-56, slim/medium build, to come spend quiet times in Pacific Northwest. 954499 SHARED JOY SWM, 59, 5'9", 160lbs, nicelooking, with good SOH, seeking woman to have fun with, race/ age unimportant. I like dancing, partying, shows and dining out. Call me! 972627 LET'S MEET FOR COFFEE Single white male, 76, 5'6'', funloving family man, likes camping, boating, etc. Looking for a similar woman, 68-73. No drugs. 323442 COLLEGE PROF-SUMMERS OFF! Tall, dark, handsome, positive, athletic SM, 60, 6', 200lbs, looks 45, feels 35, loves life! A seafood vegetarian, non-smoker and light drinker. Loves the outdoors, hiking, walking, mountain biking, tennis, acoustic music, volunteer work, walks on the beach, traveling, long road trips, cuddling, spending time with someone special. 322787 I'M NOT THE GUY... ...for long walks on the beach, dancing the night away. Retiree, 48, moderately disabled with MS, SSU grad, into jazz, films, progressive talk radio. San Francisco native seeks caring, happy lady, 40-50, for companionship. N/S. I'm a good listener, talk to me. Tell me about yourself. 219612 SEEKING A REAL WOMAN WM, 6', 200lbs, blond/blue, a few tattoos, very athletic, loves the beach, bike rides, romantic evenings at home, great conversation. Seeking honest woman, 18-50, no games. 322539 SPECIAL WOMAN SM, 48, black hair, brown eyes, very outgoing, great personality, likes photography, basketball, music, travel. I'm looking for a woman who's interested in dating and possibly more. 287933 FRIEND LOVER SOULMATE SWPJM, 56, 5'10", blue eyes, sandy brown hair, kind, passionate, artistic, sincere, committed and fun, enjoys ocean walks, travel, arts, food, wine and nature. Seeking SF, 50-62, kindred spirit, kind, soft, sensuous, for life's adventures together. 309779 GET TO KOW ME SBM, 53, 6'1", 190lbs, looking for a fun, loving woman, 25-65, with a good personality, who likes having a good time, the beach, horseback riding, movies, walks and more. 314332 HOPE TO FIND YOU Sociable, good-hearted, compassionate, healthy gentleman, 63, published writer/poet, D/D-free, non-drinker, enjoys quiet times, home, sports, simple times. Seeking loving, happy, intelligent woman to share life, love, possible LTR. Bay Area preferred. 224839 LOOK NO FURTHER SWM, 30, 5'4'', looking for a woman, 30-40, who wants to hang out and get to know each other. 317907 COOKING FOR YOU! SWM, 62, 5'10", 170lbs, N/S, light drinker, clean shaven, hazel eyes, self-employed, loves cooking, jazz and traveling. Seeking a similar woman, 50-80, race unimportant, for possible LTR. 318883 ONE GOOD MAN LEFT SHM, 32, N/S, likes soccer, running. In search of SA/BF for friendship first possibly leading to more. 319059 JUST MOVED HERE SWM, 5'7'', 190lbs, brown eyes, wants to meet soulmate in similar SF, 30-55. I love swing dancing, travel, gourmet cooking, animals, nature. 305800 SOMEONE LIKE ME SWM, youthful 51, 5'11'', 200lbs, dark hair, hazel eyes, looking for a lady, 40-59, who likes to party, is outgoing, adventurous. 319319 EASY ON THE EYES Outgoing, good-looking WM, 6', 175lbs, salt-n-pepper/blue, good sense of humor, spontaneous, romantic, adventurous, likes weekend getaways, concerts and more. Seeking honest, appreciative woman, 22-65, who has goals in life. 320839 JACK OF HEARTS Handsome dude, 57, good SOH, interesting, spontaneous, fun, adventuresome, looking for attractive woman. I enjoy dancing, concerts, dining out, hiking, beach combing and holding hands also loves animals, dogs, cats and horses. Happy trails! 201639 WELL-TRAVELED WRITER Sensitive, compassionate, honest WM, warm, open, considered attractive, wonderful listener, quiet entertaining, likes most kinds of movies, music, travel, more. Seeking WF, 52-71, for possible relationship. 323098
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PERSONABLE Shy SM, 50s, with good values, likes long drives, hiking, walking, travel, dining out. Looking for similar female, 40-60, ready for LTR. 301538 LOVES HORSES Healthy senior WM, 165lbs, N/S, loves animals, especially horses, theater, PBS. Seeking slender female for romance. 302170 ARE YOU THE ONE? Bright, artistic, caring, flexible, adorable guy, 50s, likes music, dancing, travel, the beach, dining out. Looking for similar female. 302306 LET'S HAVE FUN! SHM, 34, N/S, no children, looking for a SH/WF, 24-32, for dating, possibly more. 302392 FUN, INTROSPECTIVE SWM, 52, 6'4'', in good shape, likes classic movies, reading, hiking, classical music, sailing, the outdoors, travel, the symphony. Looking for SF, 22-50, similar interests. 301801 STARTING OVER Separated WM, loves hockey, the outdoors, golf, staying in and watching movies, gardening and more. Would like to meet someone fun who wants to enjoy life. Call me and lift my spirits. 282029 GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR SWM, 59, 5'11'', 180lbs, nonsmoker, blue eyes, sandy brown hair, enjoys fishing, beaches, dining out and more. Seeking female, 55-65, for possible relationship. 309857 LOOKING FOR LTR SM, 31, outdoorsy, honest, compassionate, seeks SF, 22-35, who enjoys travel, television, camping, taking walks, the beach and more. 301200 LTR AND LOVE IN BOOTS Italian Taurus, SM, 45, 6', 218lbs, N/S, N/Drugs, N/D, long hair, educated, published, financially/ emotionally secure, respectful, inspiring, tender, great sense of humor, enjoys alternative music, dancing, movies, animals, cooking, conversation, mountains. Seeking thin, dancing SWF, 1833, in boots for LTR. 315055 THOUGHTFUL, ROMANTIC Warm, sweet, affectionate, handicapped guy, loves humor, cuddling. Sweet-hearted, genuinely nice guy with fun attitude, easy-going, creative, silly, great sense of humor, very goofy at times, animal-lover, loves movies, music, museums and travel. Seeking female to share all my interests with. 315225 LET'S MEET FOR COFFEE SM, 20s, bright, artistic, ambitious, optimistic, personable, likes dining, travel, the beach, walking, exercise. Seeking female, 20s, for possible relationship. 318319 COMPASSIONATE SM, 60s, with good values, likes camping, dancing, dining, reading, hiking, walking, biking. Looking for SF, 50s, for LTR. 318320 SOPHISTICATED Caring, compassionate, hardworking, goal-oriented, artistic SM, 40s, likes camping, dancing, travel. Searching for similar male, 30s, for LTR. 301536 LOOKING FOR A SF WHO... is independent, confident and takes care of herself. I like good movies, dressing up for a nice dinner out, skiing, bike rides, hiking, scuba diving, swing dancing, cooking. I'm an honest person who doesn't believe in playing games. 301540 READY FOR LTR Shy, friendly, caring, clean-cut, classy SM, 50s, enjoys music, camping, travel, long drives, hiking, beaches, seeks similar woman, 30-50, for LTR. 302300 LOOKING FOR LTR Hard-working, healthy, personable, honest, compassionate man, 40s, likes camping, travel, hiking, long drives, beaches. In search of similar female, 30s, for friendship leading to LTR. 302302
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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to Section 1988 of the Civil Code of the Sate of California; the following personal property to-wit identified by the tenant name and storage unit number/description. ESTELLE L. SOTOMAYOR 3455 SANTA ROSA AVE #44, SANTA ROSA CA 95407 GREETREE FINANCIAL SERVICING CORP C/O VANDERBILT MORTGAGE & FINANCE INC P.O. BOX 9800, MARYVILLE, TN 37802 1985 SKYLINE/BAY SPRINGS Painting DECAL # LAI6108 SERIAL # 33700300V LABEL # 318960 CUSTOM PAINTING This sale will be by competiAll The Best For Your Home!! tive bidding on the 17TH day Interior & Exterior Custom of NOVEMBER , 2009, at Painting & Staining10:00 am on the premises Cabinet refinishing, wall where said property is stored paper stripping, drywall and which is located at, 3455 patching, cedar siding, epoxy SANTA ROSA AVE #44, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407. Purchases garage floors, pressure washing, decks.Owner on all must be made with cash and paid for at the time of purjobs. Licensed, Bonded, chase. This sale is subject to Insured, Local References. cancellation in the event of CSLB#888479. Call Cotterill settlement between landlord Custom Painting: 707-528-6832/707-396-6402 and obligated party.
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With 30 years of experience; classical training in London and Milan; and expertise in a variety of styles, I out perform my clients` expectations. Incorporating sustainable forested materials with exotic hardwoods, fine veneers, inlay carving and custom molding. From design to installation, my work is guaranteed. Call for a free initial consultation. Philip Bertelli Woodwork 707-280-5732.
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Meditation & compassion class for those in psychotherapy. Robert Leverant, MFT MFC 27918. 707-823-0818.
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Relaxing massage and bodywork by male massage therapist with 10 yrs experience. 707-542-6856
Full Body Sensual Massage
Massage � Reflexology Swedish/Shiatsu
Open 7 Days: 10am-10pm
With a mature, playful CMT. Comfortable incall location near the J.C. in Santa Rosa. Soothing, relaxing, and fun. Visa/MC accepted. Gretchen 707/478-3952.
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Indian Head Massage
� relief from tension headaches, eyestrain, and sinusitis � improves mobility in neck and shoulders � balances energy
Therapeutic Massage Center Body Massage o $55/hr
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Lily Spa
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30 yrs experience. Excellent Rates! 1/2 hour, hour or 90 mins. Colin, CMT 707-823-2990.
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Foot Massage $19.99/45 min
2460 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
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Holistic tantric masseuse. Unhurried, private, heartfelt. Monday thru Saturday. NEW CLIENT DISCOUNT. 707-793-2232.
In a safe, relaxing, comfortable space by a "mature", compatible, easy-going gentleman! Since 1991 I`ve provided pleasure to women, men, couples. Good virtues. NW Santa Rosa, Jimmy, (C) 707-799-4467 or (L) 707-527-9497.
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Health - Relaxation - Stress Relief - Experienced CMT
Guerneville M4M Massage
Mitch, CMT. Mature. Professional. Relaxing intuitive touch. Private discrete studio. 707-849-7409
Cindy Cross, CMT
Need a relaxing massage? Come in for Swedish, Deep Tissue, Tui Na, Reiki, Lifestream, Acupressure and see what a difference it can make. Call 707.665.9020. First Time Client Special! 90 minutes for $60. Cindy Cross, C.M.T. 665-9020 By appointment only
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open 10-10, 7 days
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Deep Relaxing Full Body Massage
To total Completion by a mature male $40/hour. Napa Valley location. Roger 707-525-1771.
Guerneville M4M Massage
Mitch, CMT. Mature. Professional. Relaxing intuitive touch. Private discrete studio. 707-849-7409
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with a Chinese medicine expert & Qi Gong Master. Treatment for pain & injury. Extensive traditional Chinese herbal pharmacy
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Deep Relaxing Full Body Massage
Psychic Palm and Card Reader
Madame Lisa. Truly gifted adviser for all problems. 827 Santa Rosa Ave. Call for Appointment 707-542-9898
To total Completion by a Full-body DEEP pain-relieving mature male $40/hour. massage & exquisite pamper- Napa Valley location. Roger 707-525-1771. ing. Call 707-824-8700 or google search "James Dickson SEBASTOPOL Calendar" for pics MASSAGE FOR GUYS & availability. Full-body DEEP pain-relieving massage & exquisite pamper-
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Brent, C.M.T. 26 years experience. Nurturing, intuitive touch. Private, discrete studio. 707/477-0400.
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MORE THAN 15 MASSAGE TECHNIQUES FOR PERFECT RELAXATION Swedish, Deep Tissue, Acupressure, Reflexology
Qi Gong � Thai Chi � Acupuncture Cupping herbs � Infrared Sauna � Same-day Appointments Walk-ins Welcome � Treatments Start at $20 - Insurance Accepted Gift Certificates � Open 7 days, 10 AM to 8 PM
Man of Your Dreams
Men, women, couples. TLC, massage, Tantra, nurturing mutual touch. William 707-548-2187
Great Massage
By Joe, CMT. Relaxing hot tub and pool available. Will do outcalls. 707-228-6883.
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WESTERN FARM CENTER 707.545.0721 21 West 7th St. Santa Rosa
Place your pet related ad here today! Call 707.527.1200
Meet Lizzy � Kitty of the Week
They just woke me up from a lovely nap on my lovely pink bed so don't misinterpret that look! I love to have the top of my head stroked and really zone out on the grooming thing � and since I'm so small I can fit right in your lap. To learn more about adopting Lizzy or many other homeless animals at the Sonoma Humane Society, please visit us at 5345 Hwy 12 West, Santa Rosa (@ Llano Rd), open everyday from 12-6pm, or check us out online at www.SonomaHumane.org
The Adoption Center is open 7 days a week from 12PM - 6PM and is located at 5345 Highway 12 West, Santa Rosa (just 5 miles west of Hwy 101 @ Llano Rd) www.sonomahumane.org
Meet Patches � Dog of the Week
A Dalmation/Pit Bull mix, you say? Where'd my spots go? When I see myself in the mirror I think I might have been the RCA Victor dog in a previous life! I love walks with anyone and everyone but don't try and put me on a schedule. To learn more about adopting Patches or many other homeless animals at the Sonoma Humane Society, please visit us at 5345 Hwy 12 West, Santa Rosa (@ Llano Rd), open everyday from 12-6pm, or check us out online at www.SonomaHumane.org
The Adoption Center is open 7 days a week from 12PM - 6PM and is located at 5345 Highway 12 West, Santa Rosa (just 5 miles west of Hwy 101 @ Llano Rd) www.sonomahumane.org
In addition to this column, Rob Brezsny offers expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. To buy access, go to www.realastrology.com. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700.
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Heal Back Pain with Silver Cloud
Align Spine, Relax Muscles, add Flexibility. Lose Weight-Inflammation-Sleep Better. Far-infrared Jade Massage Beds do it all. Great Holiday demo model discounts. Try it at 1030 Second St., Santa Rosa. Hours and Info call: 707-888-7727
Youth Failing School or School Failing Our Youth ?
Try Rancho Bodega School - Small Group/One on One Instruction - Enriched Middle/High School Curriculum - Special Studies/Independent Study Emphasizing Music & Art Serving Grades 7-12 NOW ENROLLING !! Call 707-795-7166 www.ranchobodegaschool.com
WHERE IS MY HAPPINESS?
Find out! Learn the Release Technique. 1st Time Live Class in Sonoma County. Nov. 13,14,& 15. As taught nationwide since 1976. www. Releasetechnique.com. Call Richard 707-874-1155.
Unplugging the Christmas Machine (Workshop)
Reduce stress and increase holiday enjoyment by making simple changes in the celebration of Christmas. Examine your current practices, define your values, create a fantasy Christmas, and then create a workable plan for the coming holiday season. Cost: $20. Sat Nov 7, 9:30a - 3p, Journey Center, Santa Rosa, 707-578-2121, www.journeycenter.org
Golden Star Grafix
Need a quality designer? Business cards, brochures, flyers, posters, digital collage, cd covers, photographic restoration, general marketing materials. Mark Schaumann 707.795.0924
Santa Rosa Plumbing
Water Conservation Experts. Friendly, Honest Service. Licensed, Bonded and Insured. License #871026
Rocks and Clouds Zendo Meditation and Dharma Talk
Wednesday nights, 7:00 p.m. 618 South Main Street, Sebastopol. www.rocksandclouds.org 707/824-5647.
MacAdvantage Macintosh Computer Repair
FREE Diagnosis, Friendly In-House Staff Answer Calls, Hardware/Software, DATA Recovery, Internet, Email, Wireless Network Setup & Security, Apple Authorized Business Agent, Tam Nguyen-Chief Tech, M-F 10-6. 707.664.0400, info@themacadvantage.com
tankless water heaters, high efficiency toilets recirculation, general plumbing needs 707.528.8228
Green Earth Catering
Organic and Earth friendly foods and supplies Scott Goree - Entertainment coordinator and business manager. 707.795.7358 home, 707.479.5481 cell redgore23@aol.com
SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS
Finding inspiration and connecting with your community
The Journey Center: Christ-centered Spirituality, Healing, & Wholeness Reading room, art gallery, prayer/ meditation gatherings, spiritual journey resources, bodywork, bookstore, free WiFi. 1601 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa. www.journeycenter.org 707.578.2121 Santa Rosa Shambhala Meditation Center Free instruction and practice opportunities Tuesday 4:30-5:30 PM, Wednesday 7 PM, Sunday 10 AM - 11:15 AM. www.santarosa.shambhala.org Mahakaruna Buddhist Meditation Center Offers ongoing introductory and advanced classes. Weds at noon, Tues & Weds evenings 7:30�8:45pm Prayers for World Peace, Sun, 10:30�11:45am Everyone welcome. 304 Petaluma Blvd., North, Petaluma www.meditationinnorcal.org
Everyone's personal wishes and spiritual aspirations meet obstacles. Sometimes these obstructions seem like real demons that plague our good intentions. In this day course you'll learn meditations and methods to avert the obstacles in your life. Saturday, 10/31, 10am-3pm Suggested Donation $25, includes vege lunch Mahakaruna Buddhist Meditation Center 304 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma 707.766.7720 or info@meditatein petaluma www.meditationinnorcal.org All are welcome No prior experience in necessary
Joe Louvar Productions
QUALITY LIVE AUDIO RECORDING 707.479.0050
Photography by Paul Burke
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6th Annual JCC Meditation Retreat Bittul haYesh: Uncovering the Authentic Self. ALL WELCOME in spiritual practices of meditation, sacred Hebrew chant, mystical storytelling, yoga, nature, more. Dec 4-6, Petaluma. www.jccsoco.org/meditation or call (707) 528-4222 x 330
Euro Business Solutions
Exploring The Human Element in Business. Call us for a FREE, expert consultation @ 707.483.5135. Our Team Does it All; from Website to Powerful Staff Motivation. Ask About Our Stimulus Package.
Goebel Builders
Jay Goebel, General Contractor, Lic. #812957 Quality Workmanship, Friendly Service, and Dependability You Can Trust.Insured with Local references Repairs, Custom Builds, and Troubleshooting Call today and get the job DONE! 707-794-7955 www.goebelbuilders.com
Hand Blown Glass Art Makes a Great Gift
Made by Local artists, one of a kind glass art pieces at incredible prices. Only at Tama Rama's in Downtown Cotati. 8252 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati (707) 795-1425
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SANTA ROSA TREATMENT PROGRAM
We provide treatment for: Oxycontin, Vicodin and Heroin utilizing replacement medications. We also treat Methamphetamine and other stimulant dependence.
1901 CLEVELAND AVE SUITE B SANTA ROSA 707.576.0818 www.srtp.net
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA EVALUATIONS
Affordable, Professional, & Trusted. Appt. within 1 week GUARANTEED!! Call (707) 568-0420 24/7 Verification www.GREEN215.com
Sat., Nov. 7, 11am - 5pm. Free admission and parking for Santa Rosa Treatment Program can help. (707) 576 0818 public! Grace Pavillion, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa. Exhibitions, entertainment, door prizes, SKIRT CHASER VINTAGE gifts. 707-527-7563. www.sonomacoeventsunlimited.com NEW LOCATION! 208 Davis Street., Railroad Square 707546-4021. ALWAYS BUYING!
SUBUTEX/SUBOXONE available for Safe Oxycontin, Vicodin, Other Opiate Withdrawal!
Confidential Program. (707) 576 1919
Your Personality Determines Your Happiness
Meth and Alcohol Treatment that allows you to keep your day job!
Know why? Call for your free personality test. Call 1-800-293-6463
Affordable Couples Counseling
Compassionate, Sensitive, Effective Psychotherapy for Relationship Problems John Omaha, Ph.D. Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern Under supervision of Lanie Abrams, MFT (#28231) Free Introductory Session Sliding Scale Call Today: 707-545-5363
Santa Rosa Treatment Program
Santa Rosa Treatment Program can help.(707) 576-0818.
Donate Your Auto 800.380.5257
We do all DMV. Free pick up- running or not (restrictions apply). Live operators- 7 days! Help the Polly Klaas Foundation provide safety information and assist families in bringing kids home safely.
Medical Marijuana Certifications
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Golden Star Grafix
Need a quality designer? Business cards, brochures, flyers, posters, digital collage, cd covers, photographic restoration, general marketing materials. Mark Schaumann 707.795.0924
FREE Nutrition Seminars
Weight Management vs BodyFat Reduction. What works and why diets don`t work! Bodylean 707-696-5326. LVMSG.
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Black Cat Bar & Humble Pie Restaurant
Music, Drink Specials, Seriously Delicious Food! Open Mic Wednesday nights. A must try! The Black Cat is located at 10056 Main St., Penngrove, 707.793.9480. Check it out now!
Green Earth Catering
Organic and Earth friendly foods and supplies Scott Goree - Entertainment coordinator and business manager. 707.795.7358 home, 707.479.5481 cell redgore23@aol.com
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SANTA ROSA TREATMENT PROGRAM
1901 Cleveland Ave Suite B, Santa Rosa 707-576-0818 www.srtp.net
Medicann - Med. Marijuana Evaluations
New Cotati Office Now Open. 866-632-6627 Free I.D. card. 24/7 verification. Doctor/patient confidentiality. Lic. MD. Discount for MediCal, MediCare and Vets.
Where's My Happiness?
Find out!
Learn the Release Technique. 1st Time Live Class in Sonoma County. Nov.13,14,15. As taught nationwide since 1976. www.Releasetechnique.com Call Richard 707.874.1155
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Your House & Garden Specialists. Competitive Prices, Expert Knowledge, Great Location Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! 70 A West North Street Healdsburg CA 707433-4068
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Turning Point Residential Program
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